The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-14 00:00:00

I l i 1 it 10 or. ll )ireti front honour and justice. .Thnsi in the slight matter where Mrs. Clarke'a solicitor, Comrie e was applied - to to negotiate a loan for his,Royal Highness the Duke of York,•and French's loan, spewed tharthey were always grasping at momentary pecuniary relief, some times together; and it was strange to think that any of the Royal Family should be-reduced to such straits. This was a strong feature in the case, but the case was strong enough wit bout it—any one of the charges • ..was sufficient to prove it ; and besides circumstantial eevidetice, they had niore than would have beets ne cessary on any other ocsasion, rush itig in frdtn. every • side. The legal Gentletnatt, instead of telling them, as. was usual on all cases of charge, of the dangers in ,curred by the subjeet, had said'a great deal about the ;dangers to:be tearjd from infortners. They had, however; before them evidence they could not re fuse, and whieh, if any Jury did refuse it, would be :liable to be 'attainted. Since the seclusion of a Duke of York from the succession, there has, not been ' so great a question as thie, ,add he trusted no one ' would swerve ft orn his duty in pronouncing sentence. .It was'not the high birth of the individual, but the . justice of England that was at stake ; and the quei • lion to be decided was, whether it existed, or not ? . ~ While, they considered the honour of a Prince, they ought also to look to the honour of the throne, from whence the streams of justice flowed not to be di verted or turned aside. Against the bonder of the Duke of York . they had to put the honour of the winless at the Bar, from whom the more they •had attempted to gain, the inbre they had been thwarted, and their own 'designs tutited against them, - Like 'Balaam' e p ro ph esy " t h ey had to ld h er t o curs e their 'enemies and she !had- blessed them altogerher.7 Their attempt to prove her eontrathelory in stating herself to be a widow, spewed bow weak and sad a cause must be when such wise and learned . 'men caught at such trifles. .. The, payment of Few after ..she had non -suited him, and he had placarded her in a hand -bill had nothing of the appearance of the re ' vengeful wom a n t h e - Would represent her to be. Their lasrappeal, as 'in all lost causes, was to gene ral charatler. But his Royal El ighness'e honour rose out of this charge like the ghost of Banquo, " With - tweiuyeiottal murders ea his etevin, •' • " The least A (testa i" and it was impossible becould retain his command .at the head of the army. He bed' nothing to do 'but with the evidence, and from that he' would vote .. for justice, anil for justice alone. ,They. were warn ,ed not. to bewaeped by popular influence ; that' was the only influence, he never saw attended to in the House. There were influences of 'another kind, which it would be well guard against, though .they could not be traced to ,Members, who, when they entered that house, were supposed to shake the dust iromeheir feet, and buckle on the armour ofpatriotisin. The people of England, throughout their history, were found to lie lovers of justice, and : if their minds were divested of ,external influences, their. decisi;ei in th.e present, as in every other case, 'Wald be just, and such as he•would be happy 'to *cord with. Under every impression, he could Nye no hesitation in- voting for the dismissal of the, Mike of Yo! - It from the command of the arniye The Mesene of the Itoetet saicl, the .. ingenious ,b=eech of the lion. Baronet would net induce him te 'skee t ve front the view he .originally intended to ;take 'of this subject. The Hon. Baronet had con dehincd his Right - lion. Friend (the Chanceller of aalte Exchequer) for expressing his opinions as a judge, et if n o impartial' opinion was to be given iroin-a i Judge n submitting his reasons to a jury fee coming tea certain decisiOn. Every one eas to decide from Itheown convittion, and as they must 100 anxious to, be well fOund e d i n their decision, it was propel-4o , . hear and exchange mutual opinions, till they came to e - right conclusion, As Dr, JohnsOn said , the y ... might be con v i uce d . h y: party, butt hey did not come lkeneetly.by their convictioe, ntileis they Perseett the re_?_urse thus eondedeteel by the How:tunable Baronet. t hey ought to pr* their niiiade to the diecussion And still unbiaSsed--=not moved by popular glamour, nel 4611 less bee the situation or honour of any per- Sots'_. There were two points tor theni to determine . 1 44, first, whether. they were to come• to a definite _opinion on t h e c h arge of co r ruption ? and second- Vs in what mode - they -were to express their sentiments on the twitter, which. had been- - the subjetts of the several Amendments moved by diffe rent Gentlemen This' last would .ngain,subdiyide itself -into Several prbpositions. If-guilty, it would b .to be considered, whether they were to put hint on his trial, or at once to pass sentence, and deprive / 4 eirn of hit' &lute:n:l ? - If net 4uilty, then they :would 11:11r:. to Outi:ii.ler lilt::,,A;llllfirllents, afed cky tertnincOn which -was the inoht consonaot to justice? With regard to the original Attire=s, he could not . believe it would 'be listened to fdr a moment: ,He .could certainly conceive it to be possible for a ease to occur, in witch it " )night be right to e rdnounc 9 no • Judgment et all ;" but he could conceive no case where the decision ought to be ambiguous. Ile ob jeteted`to'evety motion for an Address, because one proportion of thosu who, voted for it would vote for ..one.point, and another proportion fur another point, whereas it ought to be'so shaped that the Opinion of the House inightlie taken separately on every part. It seemed odd to him that they were called on to set ' out - with what-required amendment, rather than with What eequiretleeete, This was perhaps the first Ties , Lion on which the House had to decide on the,credi. bility, of evidence. Evidence which wanted that , Italie...lie u which in piety age, in every country, and by every religiOn, was required- as the only test of r tooth, They were tins in ()billet, not only, as to Vie credibility. of the'teitnesses, butt as to.what would have beet), their teetitinony upote. oath. It was re , visite to pause on this; and consider, whetherepon such eetuettee they:would take aMeasure against the Alonour 01 any felloW-citizen ) J'lte Mode'ot exaibi flation sanct i oned b y ' t h e r ul es -of the House,, Might !, - 1 ( ' u " . "lost eiteetsions ; for inquiry..or investigation ‘‘ was ,suffici e nt, an d it was on this view , that .it would be wanted'fur no other purpose, that the cus loin of exat em e ig eel: upon oath %sits originally este 121i'd'i'd• It was suiticient to send a man to his trial, .out to t:;ke 114 ; puni s hment into their owe hands, and, w iiei . o they duubted of the veracity of the wit. e " e " , to exercise their judicial tunetione. Mrs. Cho i C ' s c' ideke _wee not hittg more fhall presumptive, j'oll, like All witnesseiein her situation she wasliable ~:,. to tail. in her conclusi o ns. 'She asserted, that in a mul e i'' . .i. . liplieity ut wa y s t h e D u k e o f "Purge had sanctioned her 4 , 1 , , nay , ti!at he had encouraged, suggested, ‘ 4 .2 i -- 1 1K:01111M tided, and enjoined their performance. She p•. was then the mere agent of. his Royal Highness the • eke .tef York, to spare his puiee and burpdit her . _ establishment: The tither facts did not bear out .DfikedYork even her such unlimited powers* it had the Address, which was faulty in iieelf s by founding been stated she poasesaed, she ought never ' ,to have upors n presuMption. It stated, that "it is to be fOund any diffietilty in getting her appltetitions coin presumed, &c." and therefore his. Royal Higheess plied with.. .Would . he ih this case ever have °b ought to be dikeniesed from his commend. Certainly strutted her wishee ?In many instances her applica no Court of Law or Equity upon earth could come : lions had failed. French had been kept in sespence to this conclusion 'at all, and still less upon the pre- • three months, and Tonyn had waited still longer, sumptive evidence of Mrs. Clarke. -Tile Noble. though his promotion was : of great conseq uence to Lord (Folkstone) oppoiiite, had spoken of the her. From a variety of instances it was evident she evidence of Mrs. Clarke; as being entitled to the was miserably informed with respect to. die regu entire credit ofahe Housee :hilt how any one could latious in the Duke of ' Fork's office; in cenie e regard her testimony as meriting implicit attention, (peace of this she was so' . perpetually blunderiok he Was-at a loss to conjecture. Whin we see evi- i ebout TonyWs promotion. `As to COI. Shavee,, who deuce bear on its face um:equivocal marks of malice; I made app:ication to the Commander in Chief in when-we find it inconsistent in its various parts, or at 1804, it was net astonishing that begot promoted in variance w hie . acknowledged fads, it is natural fur i 1806 ; it did not appear to tes)brough her influence; men to be confused ; 'add though em re parts May be ; which, in his-opinion, had in that instance totally true e from the difticuitaeof distinguishing that which • failed. The case of Brooke..and Knight, he next is false from that which merits belief, it is frequently r proved, afforded no indubi table proofs of her influ. : !necessaryto discard the whole, Thus, with reaped to . ence beitigen high ai she wished ,ithelieved. Thus, the testimony ,of Mrs e dlarke, though some partseif , from these circumstances, .it. was obvious she failed 'it are undubitably true, yet others, :if not glaringly -: of accomplishitlg her object much oftner than she false,. are and musCremain dubious. Thus, those : succeeded. ;The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then parts of her evidence, relating to conversations which spoke of the necessity of Princes regulating their 'passed between her and the Duke of York, as they .: conclud by the stritiest rules of morality, as their can only be disproved by an . exposure of their in- : example: must be supposed 10 have a great rife& on the conduct- and side 1s of a consideraele, portion 'of compatibility with existing circumstances, should be e cautiously received and carefully weighed by the their fellow creatures ; hueit was not for the [louse House, before they came to any thing like a decision of Commons to puttish•private: immorality, he 'ayes 'on it:' such evidence, when resting solely, on the tea- j for their proceeding according to law, .hut, against simony of one witness, ought to be listened to'with assuming any arbitrary or discretionary power. They 'great distrust. He should now examine Mrs. 1 were only to punish adeltery e oretny other unmet-el Clarke's evidence; but in so loin;;, he did not mean ' :Idiot), as far as it affeded the individual accused, in ,to enter inso a minute detail.of the substance of the : the execution of his official duties, ' That left was 'joUrnal of the proceedings of the Committee; he :: therefore le be ascertained. He' did Slot deny but would not point out insignificant blemishes, nor call : that. the Duke hod' suffered ••Mrs. Clarke both to the attention of the House to immaterial centradic- :. write and speak to him .on the •suhjeet of military tions. T 4 first question he thought was, to what , promotions; it was aeaiest the Duke that lie sutfeie. eitent had Mrs. Clarke's el idenee • been corrobo- ed )ter to open her lips on the subjeet ; that he sill rated? 'The principal corroborating witness was : Alias, feted her to address a line to him on such affairs.; Taylor. ' Her testimony left it for them to decide, ', but the question was, whether he .granted the, 0b... 'what degree of credit ought to be given to the evi- jest of tier applicatten ? Her exertions in . favour of 'clence furnished lay the. strength of her men:vary ? Claveting failed, and whatever the .note respe'Ctink NOW, before they ende:ivoured to form a iteigineht Tonyn !night mean, it was oie tees she could ?gnat by a conversation, they ought tabe quite certain such easily accomplish such an oleieet . , it appeared eery a 'conversation had taken place. For. his ,part, he clear hi eeidence that she never ventured to address could not be of opinido Ali. ; Taylor's memory had the Duke-on the. subjeft but when provided with given an Accurate accoupt 'of aie conversation which ' eoneeplettable pretence for 41(1.°dt:clog such a topic. 'passed e ' as to Iti:n, it appeared very improbabre that Clavering, for w hole •ehe so particularly applied, toi such:a Conversatioit should take place. Whether the . plied, appears to tines; been an cid' itequaintanee of 'Duke or. yCnk eels, or wes, not in the habit of con-. : tee's. : All the circueistaeces of lietecotieectien ‘;1111 , versing with . Mrs. Clarke on the subied. of pro- ; _the Commander in • Chief epaedered, it ions,- este motiona, in the arme,:as had. been a ll eged ; in ti - 1 niahing she got so little ou t, of him with respe:e to flier case; it Wra ' i not likely, that such words should : 'Military atfeirs. He could. see- no iiubstantitil reason have been uttered by the. Duke of York and Mrs. : for depriving the Duke of the • command 'of the Clarke.as she had stated to, have heard pals between ; army. As our laws require unanimity in juries, lie 'them, Colonel Freuch e it appeared, badaaore then hoped, each Member ut the Htfuse, .wouh give the felfilled all his engagements, with Mrs, Clarke: ; as it . Wtiole of the circumetances a t'eir coesideration, and 4 1 e:et:Ud e that over amid. above the spins he had con- ' he did not doubt but their decisiort would proie eae traded to pay her, he had advabeed -3501. theretetre, tiefeetory to theeneery. when speaking of Colottel Freech, Mrs, Clarke Sir -SAMUEL Rotietee ditnred 'from Many who could have no reason : to speak at him in unfavourable had spi.iken on the Subject noweinder distsussiort, he .: volt' He theret a , a ,r t e isti n e ls d e w n:o it t h w i i i t i l e i re a ls ‘ : L g iv i , n A g:s ili s e il i st it t i t g i terms; nor does there, exchtsive of, Miss Taylm ~,.evi. cou l d not r see.t, ,deuce, appear any grounds for thinking she did .so ; as, from every thing else that had come out in the into 4'llles:zees, - hateto, point' out some eartietdar 'course of theinvestigation, she seemed to have exer - . pessaees to their notice, to-crAtiast once part of the ed herfelf to, theutmost to promote the interests , of evidence with a:lit her; enderellpere the whole; He his.levy. With resped to the abuses stated to haye ei cones not agree whit ties lionotitable Gen:letuen on existed. in disposing of commisaioas . in the army, he . the Other side of the ileese,, Who conteeded ,Chatdid not believe' any interest, corrupt or teltereise, ' there were no wounds fur bringing forward the could acquire cornmiasions in the Reamer Mis. Clare' e Charges. fie then- ettutneratcd the addressee and had been stated to obtain them. 'He would next pro- amendments proposed .to. the Honse by vtirions 'coed to eeatniee those cases where Mrs. Clarke kid . Meinten s e each of which (the Clef:it:eller of; he Ex been supposed to .have exerted her, influence over the - : cliegteer exeepte ne () re.urre e d in \presstree ,a wlt i., Dube. There were four instances or her ititerfereoce , t le e th e Doke s' be o. deprivt , , e re to e cenuu eel of in the array-atetirs, two promotions, and: vil! gee the army; . 'Front • the nattire*ot - the evidence they change. elt had been stated in evidence that it held had beeneold, t here` ~ wire.l) '0 ground, for ehinkios been effected .by her . intleence, and Cols Freich's , the Duke Privy to t e teatruptem which had peen letter of service had been obtained by the silillu meause pros ed to telisi. That House oneht to lieV6 ihe right according to the sta t ement ' 'P ad° to the e°mmilte " -of deciding wltethr he its :guilty or not guihy ;( .Now, when ,protnotions reed take place, it was very but from what had been . said, it I,4oilid Ee'L:' ) tiy easy for Mrs. C. le : say, it had been brought about had oily the regret of finding hire fee guilty. Tile through her interest, and lie did riot doubt .but many , flouse were hound to come to ii 11:17Si0o o 6 :I . • the C. • ceiticideuces had occUrred,.. Where promotions ,ha d , &nee Which had been laid before then i ' Lees bed' been :gained aftt4 money hart been paid to Mrs; been stated , hich.indau3 the Hoese ,eat le appoint - Clarke, which the persons; who paid . the - money a Committee to'iriquire into them, het to resolve it through' her artifices, were induced to • think were self into a Committee or the Whele House; tie hives obtained through hest ,, good offices, though do etfec- citrate. the conducl . of ties hoyal Iligheess.. The tual efforts,leid been;:or cseeld be made by her, in their Duke of York, so far from Wishitie to come to re behalf. From these eircurnastances, were he. summing 7 decision on the merits of the 'ease, deprecated the up the evidence as a judge, could. ho, from the four ea ie i_ : "Lie hoped, non:such-evidence asi bey hade-e -instanees adduced, feel himself justified in thencOus, . 4 , ceived, that they would take no step injurious to his (erring that the Duke of York has been privy 'to, . honour." -Such: were - the. terms in which he express theeorruptiens which tnight have existed in the army ? ~ ee himself-, in that unfortunate,' that il l-advised let. Could he give such a charge as to induce his jurors ins e ter, which •he aincerely WISIICI. lie could, expunge the discharge of their duty, to .bring in A•verdid ofe:. from the Journals of the House, and . blot from the guilty ? : If the evidence laid before tlreni was such, .; meinory of • every Man, If upon such evidence they' that .the jurors could neither acquit nor condemn, in, : could think his honour question a ble, he w o uld hope. . • that case, they might stand neutral, or deemed further . that which was not denied the meane s t s ubj e ct, the inquiry ; for it would be a contradidion for a man. .1 benefit of trial. He wished to note how strongly: to Say, " I cannot decide which to believe and. !stile Duke opposed the decision of the Isloese. They: • which to siiiibeliave ; and • then by giving a decisive i had become so mtich confused in their opioions that verdict, ad, as if it could distinguish the falsehood' the question was now 'to decide Whether or no . ' from the truth. He: le1: id collected .some..of Mrs; , they should decide. Thu - latter ,remeti tti poi pt out Clarke's assertions togetlier,- which were scattered -; a new course to them, but still he time g h t the clues in the evidence, winch appeared to him inconsistent t i au too was, whether or PM the Dtikr.;- writs oniliy of 'a With each other, She had been asked what first . criminal cotioivrieee. He ktit. Mrs. Clarke's Oa gave her the:idea of raising money by the sale of corn- ' railer, he knew she had: been hi,' favourite, and missions, &c. ? to, winch she had replied, that persons- night naturally be supposed to•teel inceeasd at' his frequently made applications to her to make interest i ißoyal ig inees s hav i ng wit it. raven oe protec t i on for them with the Duke, ' and his Royal Highuese•as :es 1 from her . Yet still he thought her entitled to e ee, l o-. . siderable degree' of credit, though 'not 'to - implicit always ready to oblige her. She stated, that she was . in the habit of shewing the Duke the letters of ap-• i belief thnaughuut. 'What - though she'seettel iii the plication, whether they contained money or not.— situatiotr . of all accomplice, he 'did not knew that She afterwards said her applications were not al- she had manifested a sufficient degree of 'hasenetee, ways attended ,to,: but . the Duke of Yolk Was ill to ieatify.tb 5 1 1 e eir indulging the id e a that- wowed . nialicionsly give false evidence reenlist the Duke 'of the. habit of telling her • who was' appointed, end- ; then. she could give an, answer 7 on the. following i Yorke ' Many who have deviated trim the pail of day. , 'r bus it wasevidentan. artful woman like her . virtue ,. he knew, wit ld rather e a rill e - t he punish could amuse those whoenade application to her by w _ es ent infliaedsfor a , felotv, tlern beer false wit t1e39 4 such • circumsterices. lehe floreetriele and making use of his name ; without hie privity and . cone !nuclei currence take the appliee net', money; and where pro- Learned '4.4ciliber then pioceeded to St'.ll(±," 1111 d 3 , ; 'to motion was conferred, arrogate to herself the merit the intithnissibility of .Mrs .-Clarke's eviacaco 0:1 the of having procured it. Mrs: Clatke.had all along re- j ground of her-being -an .aeconepliee,' he eoeld eli-t• presented the Doke in such distress, that it . was with . duce two legal, eases easee which- eve re: diseet ly iti•poittt the greatest - difficulty he couldebring her an extra see peewits - Iles first. 1v t 3, s h pt of ~i:retenety 1001. when her exigencies required it. Now, was comnaittede in 'Wiltshire by, et tired persotie, 60, it consistent with human nature, that if this was the case, and that he, unable to,' : supply. her , with money-. through ehe.darknesi'Of the night', NiFv!e • l4 - ,6;&11ri from the. recognition of , th e pereon' rebeetle:yet, other ways, had su ff ered her tct enrich•herself by - the f rom t h e a es e ee „,, ye e une \t t o h, :5! „,„ 1 „. ,. aip o v „ , sale of commissions, Vic. that when importuned for - rho remaining two were conseeteee '„t'he,nee t Cilse meeeyeby. Mrs. Clarke, he would _never . have said , , , ,1 was, t h at of the King- v, Derhatii, tried 'at the Ole " Why, Mrs.. , Clarke, what have you done V. e ll • Baley, where; COu!, the seine tees 111101 tee ieme the. money whichel Wye permitted you to nralote by, , cot;e , +tette° ticcompetied it; and as -iii the 'other disposing of Conmeisemne e esc. when I heve sepelied case, met wittrthe sarislion of the te'eive Jude e; to You with eempanieleelejeriees, e t. Mitts ji 11 )'at-1 Wleern it iV.IS left - ATed. tie CO;1;d not k r t6i part are thus ever iii want. at eIYiPL'Y '.! bin noll ' ilj ut ' c:'' w e , th Y a WittleS• ci:Millg tefur, ti,,st p eeee , i ee u ee this kind appears ever to have occurred. Hail use I tee diabeliesed, because he wee, teet sworn, hie • could not either well aistingnlA between the breacti (if truth In one *case abOye the ; other. Whether the .witness were sworn or nor,,,,tpacte no great differences in the morality or imtnorality of the matter, he icakt..,.. glued. As to Mrs: Clarke,. though it wasitis nien that she Appeared in the commencement before that Rouse in a manner highly discreditable toiler and though he 'was inclined to look gpon her• evi. dente from the well known circumstances , of her' chara6teraud conduft, as highly disgnsting, yet be, could not by any means consider that she was in the least disentitled to credit. in the course of his pr o .. fessinnalpiaaice, he observed, that it had been fre quently his misfortune to find that witnesges_ who came forward under circumstances of imputation 'similar to those alleged against this+ deponent, had been in every respect perfectly guarded and reServed... On the contrary there Wais, to be found, through her entire demeanor during the course of her evidence; a degree of indifference and levity which could ncit , be accounted ter on any other principle than the con- , sciousness of her truth, and an unbroken circum stantial conseaien. She had been Menaced with confinement in Newgate, if she were discO4ered to prevaricate on her testimony; ! and notwithstanding ' she noted under this" impression, hur testimony was disbelieVed with paled ease and' security.. These general Observations the Learned end' Honourable 'Pentleman submitted to the House, because, in his 'opinion, they were fully .canvinenvzc, thin nothing could lake from .the auttimitY ot ' ; wituess's evi dence. The Hen: and Lenind Aloinher now came to,a review of Mrs. Clarke's applications to his jloyal Highness: He was fully 'persuaded, .thaz, here no contradietiou in her testimony could be proved:- ife dwelt mach, on her correCtuess in evidence with regard to the single - citictatustanc! of thencit.'s levy, Mrs. Clarke, he obSerted, came before their Bar unsupported; and' yet, in spite of that disadvantage, • went . through with uniform pre. was onannainted with the contents of : Niaholls's letters, amounting to above one 'hundred,' yet she ansiaered to tads connected With theirs, 'in a manner truly astonish'- int. It had been said tv.nt the entiteof •Mrs. Clarke's case had been gone over at ono, yet lie CpUld Men• ton latls which - were never even anti:led tu, natne ly those letters. 'that evidence given on those • fat-hi - the witness had persevered:- hip would take • upon' him to assert, that site curne not for Ward its prosecuti is: in the Case; fl6lnated hi the delivery of her evidence. by any, resentnte:,t. An.l he would venture to say, that . it Kenlia'S !Met bdil not been in existence, the ,w hole Would love I),2en I,,itterel as a mere fabrication. As to Tho et i,},41;, e , 0 1 AI INs Taylor, lie. could reriVirk nothing in het charaLiti2r or Circumstances whiCh wo,ild, be so prejudi,iial iii either, as to • affix, any daub; ol!en any, part of her testilnony. LILT having chiln; entinSted to, her Care was a strong matter irl eantit in +lion of goof.' charadter, the piesuMptiou or w unit Luther strengthened by theiirirenttl Withdraixitcg diem upon certain prejndicial intimations. \\riot ttisiL'ritinents, 'he %veal ask, could Taylor ii;Ve or what interests to ailv.tneti, vin!ess sup posed "s!4! h !el been y1b, , v,..2,:;* eol;LI m.y one litiaine she IA come let Nrinud ‘t. ith such etti emery, beiore the Representative Assentilly of the Natittn, and against a PersOnage, rank and iorinenee ? He ne:,t '.tent into some ditional ckicrv.ntins on her tc,:itnony ol the conver. sation h;s . 11.0 . 0l i liAl; nes , : and 4'40 rosp4fing . kyy gOtio 14tough die oth"r parts . OPthe evi,!ence, tie ,t\ wish that the prevailing sifspiel.,ns had never •had not, he said, arthed at, the 0. - tine period, nor diebe (he thanked Heaveuy labour biller the same . calamity with Lis lionotnable and Learned Priem! opposite (Mr. I,3nrion.) tie was yi.t cheered the suri'line at the perspedive, and the nor i>t' proipc!ily )cr to cl l ll* ; l'ett he c , )kilit ,not his mind to imitgMe that his Litpunm.! t i chit ntinner j this" ni&ft. Th , ?:. hone! ire I, and I,olnett 'Gent le 'man conci l tled a le(i, by roc the 6:1- Mr. it. Smi-r!':. rose : !..,t in so loy a voice, rendered yet inur, konlet iion of the . House . , as, to prcc.., of a correA report. We, howe lander , ;toutl hin t to vote for the' Chanctilor of toe ..Exchcciner's !lotion. '• :+ The Sotacereta•Gnm , ..itAL, on rising fo add ress the Houk!, expressed Ins conviciton tli4t he would not have disch4fged the duty he o,dreo t o i t wer t.l, o to, forbear making sotne observations on a question of so,peculiarly judiciid a nature. .His . queStiCHlS •he would reduce to three ist was, What Case was necessary to form the guilt or innocenceOf tlto Cont. utaUder in chief? ed, Whether he were guilty or not ? and ;Id, If . he were guilty, What sort of ad. dress should be thought most proper to convey it ? Which of the addresses, hewottld ask, would Le preferred ? Was it that which had for its objet tl . ie • total removal of the, Duke, or that foood e n on ;the charge of crimes, which wero denied:.by evidence, a charge which could not be ascertained, and which warned the House 'in fad to come to a. preciee deci,. • sion qn his guilt ? could not' perceive any Off.. Terence hetween crituinal participation and conni. , vance. The House possessed in itself` the power.of removalin any case short of: crimes. He could not help looking upon the Address as extremely doubt. ful, and engrafting a clause of criminality .upon the accused. kle understood its object was that of ac., • quitting of personal corruption the Doke ot; York, yet in his mind it went a great length ; it ineluded the full amount of both moral and legal guilt, and was completely a coritradiaion. in term's. If task Illustrious Personage suspeaed Mrs. Clarke of rm fair dealings,, in the vvay of commissiens lea! pro motions, and yet proceeded to dillose of tle:lo in a manner intended _by suchdeatiiiv, i,c woUld con, skier it as a case of unagttravated corruption. He thought that_there.was no small degree of complicit , lion in the Address—Gentlemen ought to under stud on witt side they ihouid give their vote,. bcr,- fore 't li6r proceeded to dispose of, it, lion. and Learned Friend,' opposite had not precisely looke,i ,to the grounds on which the AdOre , e, In tao, while voting for the origindl Addres ,, . came to a coeelnsion which his` own i!rt , tAtiteoti dgteated. • le had sail hs h i eentertaikifd he w ► permal , corrtiption of Royal . \nd I would lie now, Lte. pr pared to vote charging him with sucticurruption If it wassedi..'ieut t state, thew. was no ground for such a charg e , he 601214 either vote for the negative in that case., pr